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Brain/pituitary/nerves Flashcards

1
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Name the lobes of the brains

A 
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
Insula
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2
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What is gray matter versus white matter

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Gray matter have neuron cells

White matter are myelinated axon’s. They are insulated nerves

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3
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What is brain matter the shallow grooves and the deeper grooves

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Matter is Gyrus
Shallow is Sylvia
Deeper is fissures

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4
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What makes up the Diencephalon

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Thalamus
Epithalamus pineal gland
hypothalamus optic chiasym

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5
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Where is broccas and wenickes area

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Brocca is frontal

Wernickes is occipital

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6
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What is the posterior and anterior names for corpus collusom

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Rostrum anterior to genu to body to splenium

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7
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What is the Lentiform nucleus composed of?

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Putamen

Globus pallidus

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8
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Where is the head of the caudate nucleus

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Below anterior horn and lateral ventricular

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9
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What is the largest and densest bundle of white matter fibers within the cerebrum

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Corpus Colossom

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10
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A seizure patient comes in what is your primary area of interest

A

Hippo campus

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11
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What are the three layers of meninges

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Dura matter
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater

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12
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What secretes CSF

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Choroid plexus

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13
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What is the posterior fossa

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The cerebellum and brain stem

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14
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Where is the optic chiasm and what view can you see it best?

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Superior and anterior to dorsum salla

Sagittal

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15
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What is the only organ that bridges between the two hemispheres in the brain

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Corpus callosum

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16
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What kind of study would you do for an EAM

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IAC

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17
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What is the optimal view for pituitary

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Coronal

Use a sagittal to set it up

Use an axial to set up a sagittal

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18
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The Arnold Chiari malformation is in what region

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Center occipital cervical region

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19
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When doing an IAC what nerves are of interest

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Seventh and eighth

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20
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Sigmoid sinus drains into what

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Internal jugular vein

21
Q

What appearance would you get from a T2w image of a degenerative disc disease

A

Dark appearance

22
Q

Chief complaint of a tethered cord where do you image

A

Lumbar

23
Q

What structures enhance post IV administration

A

Nasal tuberates

24
Q

What are nerve cell bodies and unmyelinated sheaths

A

Gray matter

25
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What are two other names for pituitary gland

A

Hypophysis Cerebri

Master gland

26
Q

What is the pituitary gland surrounded by

A

Sella turcica

27
Q

What is the stock on the pituitary gland

A

Infundibulum

28
Q

If someone complains of a hormonal inbalance or galactorrhea what type of exam would you do

A

Pituitary gland

29
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What are the primary cranial nerves we image

A

2 5 7 8

30
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What imaging views do we use for cranial nerves

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Coronal and axial only

31
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Where does the optic nerve exit from and where do they cross at

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The exit from the occipital lobe and they cross over the pituitary gland known as the optic chiasm

32
Q

Where are there lachrymal glands

A

On the lateral/side of the globe

33
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Where does the trigeminal nerve exit and what area does it enter

A

Exits the pons

Enters in the cavernous sinus in an area called Meckel’s cave

34
Q

What parameter range are you looking for when imaging cranial number five

A

Fourth ventricle to anterior temporal lobe on the coronal

35
Q

Patient complains of facial pain and numbness what is your focal point

A

Trigeminal nerve number five

36
Q

What is the name for the seventh and eighth cranial nerve

A

Facial and vestibulocochlear nerve

37
Q

The seventh and eighth nerve cross where

A

IAC

38
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Where does the seventh and eighth cranial nerve exit

A

Exits the pontomedullary junction

39
Q

The patient complains of tinnitus, bells palsy, vertigo, or hearing loss what are we targeting

A

Seventh and eighth cranial nerve

40
Q

Where is the sylvian fissure

A

It separates the frontal and temporal lobe best seen on the axial view

41
Q

The lateral ventricles open down to the third ventricle through what

A

Foramon of Monro

42
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The third ventricle communicates with the fourth ventricle through what. Note there are two names

A

Cerebral aqueduct

Aqueduct of Sylvus

43
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What is used as a landmark to determine if the midline brain has shifted due to trauma

A

Septum Pellucidum

44
Q

What is Arnold Chiara malformation

A

When the cerebellum tonsils dip below the foramen magnum or the central vermis

45
Q

What is the ACPC line and what is it used for

A

Anterior and posterior commissure.

Runs parallel to the corpus callosum

Used for axial images when imaging the posterior fossa

46
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What is the fluid area anterior to the pons

A

Prepontine cistern

47
Q

What is a good parotid gland landmark

A

Ramus of the mandible

48
Q

What is nickname for midbrain on coronal image?

A

Mickey Mouse

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